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A GENTLE ROAST
Given Secretary Cortelyou By
f e lator Tillman Because He
FAILED TO RESPOND
To a lu-solution of tho Semite In
Deference to tho Issue of Panama
Hoods.-Senator Aldrich Defends
Cortelyou and Malu? Excuses for
Him, Which Causes .Senator Till
man to Cse Sumo Caustic Domarles.
Just before tho United States
Se?alo adjourned Tuesday Senator
Aldrich received a letter from Sec
retary Cortelyou explaining tho de
lay that has hoon experienced in his
reilly to the resolution calling on
him for information concerning the
recent Panama canal bond Issuo and
tho letter was promptly laid before
Hu; senate. Earlier in tho day Sena
tor Tillman Indulged in caustic com
ment upon what ho characterized
as the secretary's apparent "diso
bedience" to a sonato resolution.
In his lotter Mr. Cortelyou said:
"I am sorry that there should
have beim a misunderstanding as to
the time when my answer lo the
sonato resolution regarding the
treasury operations would bo sent In.
Had I been advised of your request
to knew when ii might be expected,
1 would have replied that I required
a little more time to go over Hu;
mass ol' Il gu res it involved. If is my
desire, ol course, that all business ?
of this kind shall be disposed ol' ?
promptly, but this matter is so lin- :
portant that I hav ; fell il desirable
that every foil tu re of the report 1
should be clearly stated, both for the
information of the senate and lu 1
justice to tho department, lt ls my 1
desire and Intention to submit a :
completo response lo Hu; resolution '<
and I hopo lo lui vc; lt. ready In Ibo I
course of thc; next few days in all :
probability about the beginning ol' l
next. week.
"Tile amount of work Involved in
thc; preparation of such voluminous
data may not be fully appreciated 1
by some, 1ml it should be remember ?
ed thal tho force in all the bureau? I
here, which have lo clo intimately I
with Ummeln! malters, have boon '
?Ur. i ionian i.,,* ... ... uno tic.njm.ion 1
in tho senate by Inquiring whether i
tho vice president had received a re- i
lily to tho resolution from the seer .
tary of the treasury.
"Nothing yet," responded the vice >
president.
"lt ls a little curious thal an of
ficier of tho government should be
willing after wo have given him c.on
uidorablo Hmo to send in the Infor
mation," said Mr. Tillman. "Tho cur
rency bill ls to bo brought In and
pressed for consideration and it
seems strange that thc; secretary of
tho treasury who ls directly respon
sible-, for our financial affairs should
rofuso to send In a report giving tho
information wo need."
Chairman Aldrich of tho finance
.ommltteo, who was out of tho room
when Mr. Tillman made tho Inquiry,
reentered tho room at this juncture,
just aa Senator Platt suggested that
ho bo called.
"Wo aro told," said Mr. Tillman,
"that Secrotary Cortelyou ls 111, but
ho was not too 111 to go to New York
to make a speech. It seems extra
ordinarily phenomenal that wo can
not get a report from him."
"Tho fact ls." said Mr. Aldrich,
"tho papers were in form to bc; pre
sented and they wine placed before;
Secretary Cortelyou, but he found in
order to make thc; presentation to
tho sonato in a form satisfactory to
himself would require a longer lime
than was supposed.
"The criticism In tho sonate as to
that action led the; secrotary to make
a frank and explicit answer to all
suggestions as to what was done;
willi the; bonds and e-orl ideates of
tlebtednoss. Tim socrotary assured
i this morning (hat ho is prepar
ing this limiter as rapidly as possi
ble."
"ls no ? I < - i i 11 i l ? ? lime fixed?" asked
Mr. Tillman. "As soon as possible
means ho tw co ii now ami doomsday."
."Those Of us who know Mr. Cor
telyou," said Mr. Aldrich, "know
Hial he is never delllK|lieill in his
publia <iutlos, and l (bink ir (be son
ator from South Carolina would lind
an Opportunity to lallt this mailor
over with him he would be satlslied."
""lt did not tallo thal long to Issue
Hie bonds," insisted Mr. Tillman.
"Thal was a simple; matter/' re
torted Mr. Aldrich. '"Tho senator
from South Carolina does md realize
that be can pul down on paper In
quilles thal will lake many months
and much work on the par! of the
force ol' a great department to an
swer. lt is lunch easier to ask e|ii'\;
tionn than to answer I beni,
t, "Tho senator will recall," inler
rupted Mr. Tillman, "that thoso
ouest lons were asked by his own
com in lt tee. Now I will givo scum;
additional reasons why wo woo d
liavo this Information forwarded to
us. I have a letter from Mr. Kio
borg Inclosing a reply ho received
from Assistant Secretary Edwards.
"This," ho continued, "may glva
somo' light as showing Why tho sec
retary linds it so diillcult to auswor
inquiries wo havo propounded. This
ls tho lotter giving reasons why ho
refused to recognize bidders for
bonds."
In reply Mr. Tillman road from Ed
ward's letter: 'You ar? advised that
nuder tho reservation made by the
department allotment wns first made
to Individuals and Institutions for
amounts'not exceeding $10,000. The
remainder was allotted to tho highest
national bank.'
"This course was followed," tho
letter continued, "because it was not
deemed wiso in Ibo currency strin
gency making allotments to individ
uals which resulted in leaving Ol'
per cont, purchase price in the
banks and allowed them to take out
circulation on tho Panama bonds.
"This circulai' made no reservation
of bids," doclnrod Mr. Tillman.
"This is purely an executive function
and whoa tho facts are brought out
I think they will show that the sec
retary of tho treasury has utterly
disregarded tho law in his anxiety,
laudable as it may have boon, to
supply currency to New York against
other purls of tim country."
Mr. Tillman then turned to Mr
Aldrich and Indulged in nome per
sonal references to him. Ho declar
ed that nothing could have consider
ation In Hie senate while tho chair
man of the finance committee was
out of tho chamber.
"Wo have to sit hore," ho said,
"until his great personage comes
through the door."
Mr. Tillman declared that tho Re
publican sido had to await tho nod pf
tito chairman of tho committee on
finance. "The senator," added Mr.
Tilintan, looking al Mr. Aldrich,
"knows tho great power and Infill
once which ho deservedly holds with
the senate and with the country,
and it is not worth while for him l<>
affect mock modesty, lie is too great
a man lo have any affect al ion of any
sort."
Mr. Aldrich said he had great
confidence in tho secretary ?d' tho
Lrcastiry and did not wish to discuss
this question until ho had before him
tho statement and suggestions of the
secretary. Ho was satisfied thal In
i short time they would bo laid be
fore tho se?ale and be thought tho
tecretiiry should bo given limo lo
reply In tho best, possible manner.
lit1 \v;is sure t bo secretary bad done
ivhnt lie thought was best.
Mr. Tillman disavowed any Inton
ion of saying Mr. CortolyoU had liol
lone whal ho thought tho best. "Un
fortunately," ho added, "In this conn
ry wp find ourselves subjected to
Abai appeals lo swine of US as usur
ng railroads ot Pennsylvania il they j
lld not obey tho Hepburn Interstate
loni moree law In regard to tlic own
ership of products they transport. I,
bink (his statement is phenomenal,'' !
leclared Mr. Tillman.
Senator Gulliugcr suggested that
he law does not. become operative
until May i, and he regarded the
itatemont as so Incredible that ho
lid not bol love it.
"It is timo the se?alo should do a
little business," sahl Mr. Tillman, on
its own accord. Wo have got a doctor
In command of a ship and all sorts
>f things are going on. I do not
know what is going to happen next,
lt may bo a declaration of war.
Tho senate devoted over two hours
io considering tho bill revising tho
criminal lawn of tho United States
md then at i : 1 f? adjourned.
REFU81CI) All) TO HIS SISTER
r\nd So Ile Shot Down and Murder
ed M. Hvirldoft*.
At Krnsno-Ufimsk, Russia, Sylrl
loff, president of the local Zomst
vo, was shot to death by a brother
>f Milo. Kagozlnnikovn, tho murdor
.ss of Qonornl Maximoffsky, dlroctor
:>f tho depart men t of prisons of the
ministry of the Interior, on October
L'S last, lt is supposed that tho m?r
ier was committed in revenge for
the refusal of M. Sylrldoff to make
liny move In behalf of Mlle. Rngo
xlnnlkovn during ber trial.
Milo, HlgozinnikoYa was a daugh
ter of a teacher In the Importal
conservatory of Music of Perin pro
vince, She presented herself at the
weekly reception ol' (louerai Maxi
mo ff sky in st. Petersburg, and when
ul milted to his presence, drew a re
volver and fired seven shots at the
goiiorol, M?v bullet;) taking effect. On
Oct. :i Mlle. Rugo/.iniilkova was
hanged,
O.NU RIOUIFVFD KIDDED
Costly 1'lre Does Rig Damage in tho
City of Chicago.
A dispatch from Chicago says (?no
man is believed lo be killed ami OM I
a score severely injured and a prop
erty loss of $550,000 caused hy a lire
which broke ont In tho printing es
tablishment Of the W. P. Dunn com
pithy, Sunday night, ami for a limo
threatened to gel beyond control of
the firemen.
The building occupied by the print
ing concern was completely gutted
and ibo Hotel Florence adjoining,
also destroyed.
Guests in <ho latter, and also lu
tho (?rand Pacific, were thrown in a
panic.
Fanned by a milo-a-mlnuto galo,
tho fiamos boat fiercely against tho
sky ?crapers In tho compactly built
dlntrlofx
DREAMS AND GHOSTS.
Mating and Talking with Spirits
of Living anil Dead.
Prof. Haor, of norlin University,
Hays During Sloop Our Spirits
Wander About I len ven and Marth.
Tho mind has a back door.
Tho brain has often boon called
tho house of t he mind. Oneshould not
bo surprised lo loam that it has a
back door, like other houses.
It ls through this exit that the
soul escapes in the silent hours-ill
ibo hour when we aro in (be strange
death-like condition which wo call
sleep. At snell times lt roams abroad
in search ol' adventures, and fre
quently it linds very eui lons and even
astonishing ones.
In sleep wo pass out of tho body
Into a wonderful region, with Which
in our waking moments wo aro not at
all acquainted. What and whore is
this region, and who aro tho peoplo
who Inhabit lt. Such questions are
most interesting, and now for tho
first time comes forward a wise man
who ventures to answer them.
The wise man's name is Professor
.Moritz Haor, who occupies the chair
of phycho-physics in the University
of Hoi lin. Ile says that the mys
terious country which we visit in our
dreams is the Hereafter, and that tili?
people we meid lhere nie in reality
ghosts. Some ?lay, aller we are dead, i
wo may como lo know them hotter.
lOach day of your existence on
earth, sa\s Professor Haor, may he
regarded as a life in miniature. ;
Night ionios, and vim die tempor
arily. The whole terni of your sur
vival in Hie world is a series of little ?
life-limes, interrupted by brief por- <
iuds of seeming death, which we call ;
sleep. I
Tho likeness of sleep to death has ;
been the subject of a vast deal of i
philosophical comment, Hui it is much t
(doser and moro striking than is Ron- (
Orally imagined. When you fall into t
slumber, your eyes turn upward, |
your heart beat slackens, your pulse
becomes feebler, and your breathing ,
slows down. Your condition, in a ?
word, counterfeits death most re- (
markably. ?
If Ibo death were' real, your soul |
would take its departure for good |
and all. never to return. Hut in this .,
temporary slate (according to the (
theor} of Professor Puer) lt morely i
trolled by mere physical limitations ,
sm b as retard and impede thc move
ments of tho body. ^
We often meei in our dre. ms peo j
pto who, as we well know, have long ,
boen dead. 'Set, somehow, we are (
not in th<' leasl surprised. We talk ,
to them, and hear them speak, as if
it were quite a mal ter of ioni se. Why
should Ibis be so. Professor Han
says it is si ni jd y because ghosts an
the most natural kind ol' persons to .
encounter in tho country of non-llv- ,
iiig.
Ii is in the realm of tho Hereafter
those people dwell; a realm in which
(so Professor Haor believes) we must
some day take up our own residence.
It som S to be a country of shadows.
Hui, unfortunately, (he glimpses we
get of it are too fleeting to enable us
properly to judge. Or rather, lt
might be said that, for some reason
not easy to explain, OUT waking mem
ories of our experiences in that mys
terious region are so fcoblo and In
distinct, save in rare instances, (hat
they serve only lo puzzle and confuse
our minds.
The dream folk, who dwell in the
land beyond (he threshold of waking
consciousness, appear to bi- cheerful
enough. If we can judge of (he con
dil ion of the dead from what we see
of them when we visit the si range
country they inhabit, it would not
seem that they are otherwise (han
happy. On the Contrary, they are
often merry; they talk pleasantly and
sometimes most amusingly.
lt maj be said thal most of the
peoplo we meid in dreams are living
Individuals. Yes, undoubtedly, hut
not the Iving persons themselves.
Those likewise (says Professor Daer)
aro phil ll toms, For the living have
gllOstS ... Well as the dead. What we
mean by a ghoul ls Hie soul of a hu
man being dead or alive-, made visi
ble to ibo eye. Such phenomena are
rarely, if ever, obsberved. in waking
moments, but in the silent waldies,
when the spiritual self escapes
through (he back door of the mimi
ami wanders abroad, they are so
common as to be not oveh note
worthy.
And, where the ghosts of Ibo liv
iii)', are concerned, v. hal mon- nat
ural than thai your phantom, or
Illino, Wheii il slips Olli Of the body
and visits the region of the Heyond.
should meet the spectres, ol' oilier
slCCpllg persons, likewise on Hie
ramble? Most of the souls (if such
we shall call them) that we encoun
ter on (luve occasions are, as might
he expected those of total strangers,
but many are friends of our waking
lives, ami sometimes they are near
relations, Doubtless, profitable ex
changes of recollections in regard to
such nioetlngr might be made after
wards, between yourself and your
neighbor Smith, for exniuplo, follow
lng a dream conversation In which
you two engagod - woro lt not foi
the excessively Hooting and frag
montary ohaructor of such memori?n,
which huston to oscapo us ?von as wo
aro trying to rcall thom.
Ono thlug fairly cortain ls that the
ghosts of tho dead hnvo no power to
communicate with us, unloss lt bo lu
dreams. If they possossed such pow
or, they would undoubtedly oxoreiso
lt; yet (putting asido all tho phenom
ena of so-caled "spiritualism" as:
hopelessly dlscroditod) thoy give us!
no opportunity of tho kind, though
wo would so ongerly grasp it.
Hoop down In tho human mind
there exists n belief that tho dead,
generally speaking, aro hostile and
dangerous lo tho living. Heme the
dread which will withhold not only a
child, hut almost any grown person
of either sex from passing alone
though a graveyard at night, indeed,
ll is safe to say that nothing In the
world, or out of ll, is regarded with
sueh universal fear as a ghost this
too, notwithstanding the fact that no
au thou licit tod instance is on record
in which a specre or apparition of
any kind did harm lo a living crea
ture. The suporstitutlon in question
is doubtless an inheritance from out
most remote ancestors, who believed
that tin! dead were liable to assume
tho guise and rob; of malignant de
vils; but lt seems strange that mod
ern enlightenment should not have
dono away with so nonsensical a no
tion.
Oddly enough, however, when In
our dreams WO encounter tin? ghosts
of the ?lead, we aro unterrifled. To
do so, indeed, appears quit o natural
and a matter of course. For under
such conditions Hie point of view is
changed. We ourselves are phan
toms likewise (according to Profes
sor Daer)i and we meei them, those
others, on an equal footing. They
are not afraid ?d' us, and why should
Wc he afraid of i beni ?
Al the bottom of the ghost-foar is
II dread ol Hie mysterious, the un
known ami ihe intangible, Hut,
when your soul has made a tempor
ary escape through the mind's back
loor, it linds Itself in a world where,
is one might say, all the relations of
things are altered. lt has arrived,
ia lo say. behind tho scenes, and (as
inder circumstances on Hie stage)
he mystery becoim s mere matter of
-ourse. Intangibility is normal in
he realm of the Hereafter especlnl
y, when oneself is a purl of it.
Professor llaor advances his ideas
m the sub Joe, t not as a statement of
iscortaincd fact, of course the mat- 1
er being one respecting which erz
iel knowledge is obviously impossi- '
ile but as a theory, which, he 1
kinks, linds endorsement in d?duite '
ind logical evidences, ll is not prat -
icable here, foi lack ol' space, even 1
...... .,,?.: urea m nie is m a
?erl a in sense a real lifo, and liol
nerdy a "niagb lantern show," in
vhich imagination uncontrolled, in
anlast ic. cobo s, paints a multiiutc
d' slides" may be put. ns Im offers
hem tentatively, in the form of
inosl ions:
To begin with, what this strange
.calm Which we visit in our dreams?
Professor Buer believes thal it is
ictttal, and by no means purely in
Iglnary. It is not even au "midis- '
:ovored country." for WO spend there 1
10 small part of our time limit. Hut 1
where mo wo to suppose that it is
ocated? Is it near or far away? Ol
lie we to suppose that it ls simply an
nvlslblo world, through which we '
inconsciously wander in our waking 1
nomonts, thourgh unable lo discern
he people (viewless under waking
.onditlons) who inhabit ii?
Again, shall ve, aftor we die, as
nimlng tn pormanoiu fashion the
.hostly state, ourselves become in
lablttints of this mysterious country'
\nd. if so, what will be our condi
lon therein? Shall we he happy, dr
otherwise? In classical literature
me linds again and again the Idea,
.Vilich the scientists seem lo have
persistently entertained that the
mills of the departed silffCI from a
di ron ic melancholy. Thus the heroes
d' the Trojan war, as Ulysses found
hem when he ventured into Hades,
.ontinually lamenting their lot. wisti
ng that they were alive again Hut
ins such a notion any proper basis?
Professor liner's belief is qiiite op
iOSitO. At all events, he deems it a
lilsttlkO to believe that the ghosts
,ve meet in our wanderings through
he domain in the So/end ar,- ?mr
ming. Ilk? the phantoms id' Hector
ind Achilles which Ody. sens met. an
illogcther aimless ami vegetative ox
BtenCC. He thinks we may rallier
UlppOBO thal they have ?CCUptltlonS
d' one sort or another, useful in
?yaya we know mu of.
If the wanderings of the ghost, in
deep are under any sort of control,
11 would be InlOrestlltg to know by
What they are directed. Nothing,
?C?mlhgly, Could be more haphazard.
-Venes und incidents follow one au
lither In no orderly sequence, ate
parently, und people come and go
Without any obvious rhyme or rea
son. Many dreams, id' course, are
vory pleasurable, while ol hers are
far from agreeable and sometimes
even terrifying. Pul. as Professor
Baor suggests, thorp Ifl no reason for
supposing that In Ibo region of tho
Hereafter If bis theory, identifying
il with the country WO visit in our
slumbers, be accepted ls a place de
void of unpleasantnesses,
The ghost Ibal walks in dreams,
according to his idea, is mme other
than tho subconscious, or secondary,
self the strange "double" which In
habits ovory ono of us, doing much
of our thinking for us, yet only in
raro instances rovoallng Itsolf In such
OFFICER KlLLbD.
Shot By a Convict Who Escaped
Two Months Ago.
Policeman W. A. Clyde, of Sumter,
Shot to Death While Trying to Ar
rest a Negro Convict.
Policeman Clyde, of Sumter, was
shot and killed about twelve o'clock
Monday night by Toney Moses, col
ored, au escaped convict, near Dos
sards, Sumter county. Moses es
caped about two months ago from
the Sumter chalngang. He was lo
cated Monday night at a house near
Dossards. Officer Clyde and Consta
ble Nunnamakor went out to cap
ture him, as a reward had boon ot
tered for his capture. The officers
Vent to the house and demanded ad
Ulttance. Mr. Clyde; wont to one
loor and Mr. Nunnamakor to another
loor. Mr. Clyde forced his way into
Ibo house with his characteristic
bravery and found Moses under a
bod.
Ho called upon Moses to come out
and surrender, but Moses' reply was
a shot from a shotgun, which took
effect In Mr. Clyde's abdomen. The
popular and e ill clent officer succumb
ed to the terrible wound within a few
hours, exhibiting rnre fortitude and
forbearance. Mr. Nunnamakor went
to tho assistance or bis injured
brother officer and medical assistance
was secured as soon as possible.
Mr. Clyde meanwhile hoing taken
to the house of Mr. Marion Dorn,
winne be died about two o'clock
Tuesday morning. The affair has
created consternation in Sumter and
is regretted beyond expression. Mr.
Clyde's bi-otlier ofiiCQI'S ?if the Sum
ter poi ii i- forco ar?' using every
means to locate his murdoror.
The eily of Sumter bas offered a
reward of $100 for the arrest of
Moses. While public siMitiinent is
very bitter against Moses still il can
not bo said that excitement runs
high.
Less than a month ago this gen
ial and kind hearted officer's little
2-yonr-old child was burned t<? death.
The coronor's jury returned a ver
ile! in accordance with the facts,
and Implicated Daphne McDnnlols,
me of tho women in the house at
Hie timo of the snooting, who was
[da? ed in jail.
The murdered officer has many
friends in Oruilgoburg, having lived
s...... c. ?>;<o? ?.?'. fri fit fir
[MIM i.ineu.
sin: POOLED HIM.
A Georgia Earilier Who Had Ea i th
in a Eaker's Story.
A special to The Augusta Chron
icle savs a Kussel county farmer
claims to have lost $45 by consult
ing a clariVOyani in Columbus, Ca.
Slaughter had a barn of his burn
ed some weeks since, and came to the
clairvoyant to lind out who bred tho
structure. He was told that in ten
days bo would be told, and the
"mind reader" incidentally inform
ed him that gold was to be found
[in his land, ll?; paid down $45 with
Hie agreement that he would be told
in ten days exactly where to locate
the gobi. He returned when tho ten
days were up, but tho clairvoyant
hud lied. t
TRAGIC ENDING.
Merrymakers Are Driven Into Their
Homes and Dtirnt Up.
A dispatch from Sofia, Hulgarin
says news bas roached luna1 of a ter
rible tragedy which occurred at the
village of Dragosh, mar Monastic,
a town in Macedonia, several ?lays
ugo. While a festival was in pro
gress and Hie villagers were ?lanc
ing upon the lawns in Hu- public
parks, a larg?' band of Greeks sud
denly swooped down upon them, and
after driving them into their bouses,
set fire to the buildings and burned
them lo death. The victims includ
ed women and children, and num
bered, it is said, between twenty liv?
lind forty-five.
Hank Your Money.
The Newberry Observer gives thin
good advice. "If you have any money
put it In the bank. Don'l keep it
about the house as a lempP'Hon ?o
thieves ami robbers. Hank: u sar*.
Not ?rn? in a thousand i" tails. A
railroad engineer in s ta had $1.
foin stolen froid I esidence 'mc
night last wool- it has not la-en
many years . i good woman of
this conn 1.1 . $1,300 stolen from
brr pren md a good man lind
$700 fro als. The bank is the
place your moony until you gel
rot ' o spend it. Of ?'ourse one
(. i io keep a little loose change
ut bim for convenience; but home
i no placo for laying up money foi
Having."
fashion as to bc distinguishable from
the self wo know and recognize. Con
sidered from this point of view, the
spectre of our nocturnal visions is
extraordinarily Interesting as a sub
ject of study. What a pity that we
cannot grasp it and study lt at leis
ure!
CO HU. i GINNtO.
Little Over Ten Thousand.; Bales
Up to Sixteenth of January
Which ls Nearly Two Thousand Balos
Less Thu? the Number Chined Up
to tho Same Time hast Year.
The census bureau Thursday is
sued a report showing that the col
ton In the United States ginned from
the growth of 1907 to January 16
was 10,337,607 bales, against 12,
176,199 bales Ter the same period
last year, and 0,989,024 hales for
the sa mo porlod In 190C. Active
ginneries numbered 27,3 70.
Round hales were counted ?ts half
tales. The number of round bales
Included 1 87,r>?2 for 1908, 258,717
hr 1907, and 270,069 for 1906. Sea
bland included 80,187 for 1908, 66,*
[26 for 1907, and 104,710 for 1906.
Tito distribution of sea islaml cot
ton for 1908 hy Slates is as follows:
Florida, 27,421; Georgia, 40.:;?;;
South Carolina, ! 2,330.
Running hales ginned by Stales
follow:
Alabama, 1,070,193 bales; 3,44 1
ginneries.
Arkansas, 667,196 hales; 2,103
ginneries.
Florida, 53, 473 l?ales; 247 gin
neries.
Georgia, 1,771,913 hales; 4,.r>38
ginneries.
Kentucky, 1,341 bales; 2 gin
neries.
Louisiana. 590,476 bales, 1,849
ginneries.
Mississippi, 1,287,927 Hales; 3,510
ginneries.
Missouri, 29,378 bales, 75 gin
neries.
New Mexico, 303 bales; 2 gin
neries.
North Carolina, 59 1,356 bales, 2,
716 ginneries.
Oklahoma, 779,650 hales, 971 gin
neries.
South Carolina, 1,093,707 bales;
1.17 7 ginneries.
Tennessee, 238,434 bales; 663
ginneries.
Texas, 2,146,548 bales; 3,97.'?
ginneries.
Virginia. 8,2.12 bales; 101 gin
?eries. t
ATTACKED RV AN (J RY BULL.
Pwo Yoting Women Frightened mid
laugn ll'ieu LO lake rei ugo wi a ire?;
n their uncle's pasture, near Jack
sonville, N. J< Miss Polhetnus was
.limbing ll sinai! birch, when she
felt tho tree shaking violently and
foll.
The girl landed upon the back of
tho bull, which she clutched os u
Irowning man clutches at ti plank,
rho animal bounded off across the
uneven ground, carrying her a quar
ter of a mile before it stumbled and
Tell, throwing Miss Polhetnus over
its head.
The shock that had shaken Miss
Polhetnus out of the tree was caused
hy Miss Cnvanaugh being tossed by
the bull Into the branches. When
Farmer Cavanaugh rushed to the as
sistance of his nieces, he found Jes
sie hanging from a limb by her
skirts. The girls were hysterical.
Miss Cavanaugh was badly bruised,
[ind will be kept to her bed for sev
eral days. t
THF UNWRITTEN LAW.
Woman Acquitted for Kilting Man
Who Wronged Her.
At Fl Paso, Texas, having follow
ed Robert J. Schram to his room and
shot him down after he refused to
righi her wrong by marrying her
just two days after tho verdict of
not quilty In thc Bradley case, In
Washington, Mary Adloff was found
not guilty of murder and released,
both on the plea of "unwritten law,"
and temporarily insanity.
She admitted killing Schram, but.
said titter she nursed his dying wife
tit LaJounta, Col., he made love to
her, promised to marry her, and then
betrayed her and loft for Bl Paso,
where, when she followed and asked
him to keep his promise and marry
her, ho struck her.
Women hugged her as she stepped
forth free and they sqilOO/.cd the
hands of the Jury and said, "God
bless you." t
sin; CAP rt RIOS HIM.
? Frail Little Woman Held Burglar
Until Police Came.
At Waterbury. Conn., Mrs. Lizzie
Wolff, h frail woman, wife of Ad
rian F. Wolfe, superintendent of tho
tool room In ibo Scoville company's
works, held up a flat thief in their
home on Ridge street Friday night,
i.mile him disgorge, and Iben with a
revolver, held him cowod in a cor
ner until the police arrived, eighteen
minutes later.
lie is Arthur Rosenthal, a Uoston
crook, sentenced for burglary in Con
cord, March 28, 1906 and having a
long criminal record.
Mrs. Wolff was at supper whoa,
hearing a noise, she grabbed a re
volver, swung the oloctrlc switch
lighting tho apartment, and found
him ransacking hor chnmbor. t